__Of Rescues and Nakedness__
By Andrea



"Rupert?"

"Yes, Willow?" he replied, his nose in a book.

There was a strong chance that a  demon was to be
making itself known in the coming weeks and Willow and
Giles were spending their free time researching. So
far,they hadn't come up with anything conclusive. And
Willow was growing tired.

She stood and stretched. "Let's take a break." she
raised her arms over her head. "I feel like a
pretzel."

Giles looked up, a sly smile appearing on his face. He
silently watched her stretch, admiring the way her
long lithe body moved. Sleek and sensual, she was as
graceful as a panther and as aggressive as one too.
'Especially in bed' he mused, his body warming up. An
idea formed into his head and he smiled rakishly.

Standing up, Giles crossed to her, wrapping his strong
arms around her waist. Willow jumped a bit, surprised
but elated. "Rupert?" she asked softly, leaning into
his embrace.

"Sshh..." he muttered, nuzzling her neck. His
experienced tongue darted out licking the silky flesh.
He gently nibbled her neck, his teeth grazing over her
pulse. "I thought you wanted to take a break."

Willow nodded wordlessly, his machinations unabling
her to speak. She could feel him smiling against her
skin as he continued his tender assault. She tilted
her head back allowing him even better access to her.

"Shall we take this upstairs?" he asked enticingly,
blowing into her ear for emphasis.

"Yes." she whispered huskily, her mind and body lost
in his ecstasy.

Wordlessly, Giles scooped her up into his strong arms
pulling her close to his body. She wrapped her arms
around his neck, loving the feel of being in his arms.
Every time he did this, she always felt like a fairy
princess and he, her knight in shining armor.

As she leaned in to plant a kiss on him, the phone
rang. "RRRRRRRRRRRRIIINNNNNNGGG!!!!!!!!!"

The ringing startled them both causing Willow to
tighten her arms even more as Giles almost dropped
her.

"Ignore it." he replied, heading for the stairs.

"It might be important."

"More important than this?" he uttered before kissing
her passionately but briefly. Releasing her, he arched
his eyebrow. "Well?"

Breathlessly, Willow said. "Normally no but we did
send Buffy and Xander to investigate and it.."

"And it might be them with some news." he sighed
dramatically.

She nodded as he carried them back to the sofa.
Plopping down, he cradled her in his lap as she
reached over to pickup the phone.

"Hello?" she answered as he began to kiss her neck.
Covering the phone, she hissed. "Rupert."

"Hmm?" he mumbled as he placed wet kisses along her
neck and all the way down to her collarbone.

Sighing helplessly, Willow said. "Hello?"

"Wills?"

"Xander? What's up?"

"We're at the museum."

"Museum?" she said distractedly as Giles began to
unbutton her blouse. Halfway undone, he reached in and
unclasped her bra, pulling the material away from her
silky skin. He captured one of her nipples between his
thumb and forefinger rolling it gently while placing
his kisses farther down her neck.

Willow closed her eyes, allowing herself the briefest
moment to lose herself in the exquisite torture he was
creating.

"Wills? Wills!" Xander asked. "Are you there?"

"Hmm?"

"Wills!" Xander screamed into the phone."What's
wrong?"

While Giles' hand was busing itself with her upper
body, the other was exploring her lower body. His
experienced hand slid under her skirt, running up her
firm thigh to the edge of her underwear. He moved his
long fingers closer to her moist heat, the tips of his
fingers teasing her gently. She shifted forward trying
to force him to press harder but he resisted.

Willow moaned." No..don't.."

"Willow." Xander yelled."What's happening?"


Giles whispered laschivously into her ear."What's
wrong, love?"

She turned and gave him a reproachful look. A look
that promised retribution later. Giles just smiled
wickedly at her frustration. Willow leaned back more
against him, the receiver cradling her ear. She turned
her head and lightly nipped his earlobe.

"Ohh.." Giles groaned, loud enough for Xander to hear.

"What the hell was that?" Xander shouted. "WILLOW!!
Who's there?"

Buffy, standing next to Xander, tugged on his sleeve.
"What's going on? What's up with Willow?"

Xander turned to face her."I don't know. I just keep
hearing moaning."

"Moaning?" Buffy asked confused. "Is she hurt?"

"I don't know." Xander continued. "Willow?"

Willow smiled shyly at Giles' reaction. It served him
right for teasing her like that."Like that?" she
squirmed on his lap, feeling his burgeoning erection
against her. "Oh, you did."

Giles looked at her and saw her smug smile. 'I'll show
you, love.' he thought right before he moved his
fingers under the elastic of her underwear and plunged
two of his fingers into her welcoming heat.

"AAAHH!" she screamed right before she dropped the
receiver on the ground.

Both Xander and Buffy heard her screams."WILLOW!" they
yelled at once. "WILLOW!"

Willow grabbed Giles' head and kissed him ferociously.
She dug her fingers into his hair, scratching and
pulling at the scalp. He opened his mouth and she
darted her tongue in, tangling it fiercely with his
own. Soon, they battled, tongue and teeth, trying to
dominate. So caught up in their kiss they forgot all
about the phone call and lost themselves in their
shared passion.

***

"WILLOW!!!" They screamed again, fear creeping up at
her inability to answer them. "WILLOW!"

Hearing nothing but faint groans and moans, they hung
up the phone and left.

"We have to do something." Xander yelled frantically.
He pointed at Buffy. "You're the Slayer, do
something!"

"From here?" Buffy shouted back."Willow's the magic
lady,not me. I am not Bewitched here. I can't just
'poof' and hightail it to someone's home."

He nodded his assent. "I know. But, we have to do
something."

"We will." Buffy replied determinedly. "We're going to
save Willow from whoever or whatever is attacking
her."

"Right." Xander said as he led them down the street.
"By the way, where is G-man? Isn't he supposed to be
researching with Willow?"

"Yeah, but he probably left to get some ancient book
or something." Buffy explained. "Besides, do you think
Giles would just stand there and let Willow be
attacked?"

He nodded. "You're right. Ripper would come out and
play if he saw Willow in trouble."

"Yeah. Giles is protective that way." Buffy said.
"Now, quit talking we need to save Willow."

At that, the two Scoobies broke into a run racing
towards saving their friend from whatever was hurting
her.

The calvary was on its way!

***********

15 minutes later at Giles' apartment....


Buffy and Xander ran down the last flight of stairs,
huffing and puffing. Well, it was Xander who was
huffing and puffing, with Buffy hardly breaking a
sweat.

"Wait." Xander coughed." I need to catch my breath."

"We don't have time." Buffy said as she raced to
Giles' door, Xander limping behind. They could hear
some faint sounds, ones of an animalistic quality.

"Open the door!"

"It's locked." Buffy said as she tugged on it. An idea
popped into her head and she ran away from the door.

Xander looked at her strangely. "What are.." he
started to ask as she launched herself at the door.
"..you doing?"

Buffy, leapt into the air, her right leg extended
straight out in front. It connected solidly with the
oak door, her Slayer strength almost ripping the
hinges off the door. The door slammed open, banging
against the apartment wall.


"What the hell?" Willow exclaimed, popping up from
behind the couch when she heard the door open.

Xander quickly rushed in screaming. "Willow, we're..."
he stopped when he saw her naked form peek out from
the back of the couch."..here.."

"Willow are you.." Buffy asked, stopping dead in her
tracks as soon as she saw Willow." ...all right?"

"Yes." Willow replied angrily. "What the hell are you
guys doing here?"

Xander couldn't take his eyes off of Willow's half
naked body, her breasts captivating him. Willow
noticed him ogling her and wrapped her arms around
herself in an effort to cover up. She stared at the
two intruders pointedly, waiting for them to say
something. "Answer me, you two."

"Well, we're here to rescue you." Buffy offered in
explanation.

"Rescue? That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard."
Willow shouted.

"It certainly is." a voice under Willow said. He
grasped her hips and lifted her off of him and set her
down on the couch. Forgetting his nakedness, Giles
stood up and faced them. "What the hell are you
doing?"

"Well..."Buffy said openmouthed. She couldn't help
looking at Giles naked. Her naked Watcher. 'Damn, he's
fine.'

"We're rescuing you." Xander pointed at Willow. "from
the tall, dark and naked man."

Giles finally realized he'd stood up naked and quickly
retrieved a pillow from the floor, where they had
hurriedly tossed them to the ground minutes before.
He'd been so angry at the intruders for interrupting
his alone time with Willow. Between his new job and
her schooling, they rarely had time to be together.
And so they took as much advantage as they could.

Now, it was ruined.

Giles eyed Xander darkly, a Ripper glint in his eye.
Xander swallowed at the older man's sneer and
unconsciously moved back a few paces.

"Xander, Buffy." he turned to Buffy, who was still
staring at him in admiration. "Buffy?"

She shook her head. "Sorry. I was just...wow Giles.
You look good."

"Thank you." he blushed, while Willow eyed Buffy.
Giles, finally noticing Xander gazing at Willow,
menaced. "Xander stop looking at Willow."

"Yes." Willow agreed. "Buffy, stop looking at Giles."

Buffy smiled sheepishly as did Xander. They were still
in awe, first at seeing them together in a more than
mentor kind of way and second, naked. Not that the
thought hadn't crossed either of their minds, a fact
they would never admit but to see first hand Willow
and Giles like this still shocked them to their core.

"Okay, no more looking." Buffy offered.

"Good."

"But," she continued. "We want to know. Why are you
two..together?" she gestured with her hand.

"Yeah. And for how long?" Xander piped up.

Giles looked at Willow and a silent communication
passed between them. They had been dating secretly for
months, but had opted not to say anything. They knew
that the two of them as a couple might not go over so
well. Case in point.

"Well..." Willow started as Giles grabbed her hand for
support. "A few months ago."

"Few months?" Buffy and Xander exclaimed at the same
time.

Willow nodded as Giles continued. "Yes. I won't go
into specifics of how we came together because it's
none of your business. " he said pointedly at Buffy
and Xander. "But, it's been the happiest months of my
life." he grinned happily at Willow.

"Mine too." she kissed his hand.

"Okay. Enough lovey-dovey." Xander motioned to their
joined hands. "But, why didn't you tell us right
away?"



"Why should we?" Willow shot back. "To get a reaction
like this?"

"What do you mean?"

"She means that the primary reason we didn't tell you
was because we knew that the two of you wouldn't take
it so well." explained Giles.

"Well, what do you expect? Giles..you're.."Xander
sputtered." And Willow...you're.."

"What I think Xander is trying to say is that you guys
are perfect for each other." Buffy grabbed Xander's
arm and yanked him toward the door.

"They are?" he looked at Buffy in confusion.

"Thank you,Buffy." Giles said gratefully. "I'm glad to
see you mature about this."

"Me too." Willow said warily. "I thought you would
throw a tantrum about us."

"Well, " Buffy replied as she and Xander were halfway
out the door. "I'm still slightly wigged about you
guys but not so much as seeing you guys naked right
now." Willow and Giles realized they were still naked
and scrunched behind the couch. "Besides, one of
us.."she gestured to Xander." has to be the mature
one. And I'd thought it should be me for a change."

"But.." Xander yelped. "they're..naked.."

Buffy wrapped an arm around Xander. "Yes, I see. Now,
we'll leave them alone. "she waved to Willow and
Giles. "Bye, guys."

She closed the door behind her as she went out, Willow
 and Giles could hear the two outside bickering.

Willow turned to Giles who looked just as stupified as
she. "Well, they took it well. And least Buffy did."

Giles nodded in agreement. "I think Buffy was more
shocked at us being naked than us being together." he
pulled Willow into his lap and began to nuzzle her
neck. "Besides, who cares? They're gone, aren't they?"
he kissed his way to her mouth. "Now, where were we?"

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